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Originally Posted by octoberdana
So I spent quite a bit of time today looking for some of the NY Times bestsellers on overdrive. I belong to two libraries that allow ebook lending. I noticed that nearly all the bestsellers were only available on audio books in WMA format and that there is no epub or pdf format to check out.
Are the publisher restrictions causing libraries to not get ebooks or is this normal?
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It depends on who the publisher of the Hardcover is. Macmillan, Simon and Shuster and their subsidiaries won't allow libraries to lend their ebooks. Harper Collins has instituted 26 lends on their new releases before requiring repurchase and Overdrive has said that this is not acceptable so they are not purchasing new Harper Collins books